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he stated that now is the time to fix what he called a broken system. republican lawmakers are warning there's only so farther willing to compromise on the issue. tracie potts is live in washington with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at this point moving forward, both sides need to reconcile these plans, the president's and the ones lawmakers pitched. while the goals seem to be the same, what we're not clear on at this point are the the details. >> now is the time. >> reporter: starting today lawmakers begin to sort out differences between their immigration plan and president obama's like how long will it take for people liveing here illegal to become citizens. >> some people have been here for 20 or 30 years in limbo. >> it won't be a quick process. >> reporter: five years is enough but lawmakers want to make sure the borders are secure first. that could take longer. >> if this becomes a bidding war to see who comes up with with the easiest, quickest pathway, this is not going to go well. >> reporter: another difference the white house
he stated that now is the time to fix what he called a broken system. republican lawmakers are warning there's only so farther willing to compromise on the issue. tracie potts is live in washington with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at this point moving forward, both sides need to reconcile these plans, the president's and the ones lawmakers pitched. while the goals seem to be the same, what we're not clear on at this point are the the details. >> now is the time....
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he's making phone calls to the hill. we don't know what kind of money he has into this fight. he's making phone calls. when you know the money he spent, that has great influence, there's other donors who we don't again... we don't know exactly who they are but it seems to be that there are some of these new groups that are out of left field >> woodruff: jim, what about on the pro hagel side? what groups are there and how much are they spen something >> they are spending as has been the case in the last couple of cycles far less. i think we're looking... this is a really ballpark estimate. but maybe 100,000 or maybe a little bit more on some newspaper ads by a group of former national security officials of both parties. kind of the foreign policy realists of the reagan, bush and clinton campaigns who liked hagel, a republican himself, and they've done a couple newspaper ads and some web activity but it's bn kind of paled next to the conservative onslaught >> woodruff: and they are able to get away with not revealing who they are, why? >> well, citizens united, the supreme court
he's making phone calls to the hill. we don't know what kind of money he has into this fight. he's making phone calls. when you know the money he spent, that has great influence, there's other donors who we don't again... we don't know exactly who they are but it seems to be that there are some of these new groups that are out of left field >> woodruff: jim, what about on the pro hagel side? what groups are there and how much are they spen something >> they are spending as has been...
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he called for action in a speech tuesday at a las vegas high school where more than half the student body is latino. >> "i'm here today because to time has come, it's time for common sense, comprehensive immigration reform, the time is now. we all know that today we have an immigration system that's out of date and badly broken, a system that's holding us back instead of helping us grow our economy and strengthen our middle class." >> reporter: monday a bipartisan group of senators laid out plans to push specific immigration reform legislation. >> "i hope i never again in the future have to come back here and say guess what folks, we have another five million people that are here undocumented." >> reporter: conservative groups already are criticizing the proposal as amnesty for undocumented immigrants. the white house says it may introduce different legislation if the senate bill doesn't gain traction. latinos overwhelmingly voted for president obama over mitt romney, but the president did come under fire for not doing more in his first term to overhaul immigration laws. >> "the ques
he called for action in a speech tuesday at a las vegas high school where more than half the student body is latino. >> "i'm here today because to time has come, it's time for common sense, comprehensive immigration reform, the time is now. we all know that today we have an immigration system that's out of date and badly broken, a system that's holding us back instead of helping us grow our economy and strengthen our middle class." >> reporter: monday a bipartisan group of...
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president obama pushed for immigration reform before an enthusiastic crowd in las vegas yesterday. his proposal is very similar to one being put forth by a group of bipartisan senators. >> action must follow. we can't allow immigration reform to get bogged down in an endless debate. >>> and obviously, this is -- there's certainly -- the chances are higher now that something is going to happen on this issue compared to years past. the biggest hurdle, though, is that folks who aren't too crazy about this idea are saying in order for these things to happen, let's focus on border security. if all these folks will just flood into the country, it makes no difference what we're doing on the legislative side of things. so border patrol at the same time we're creating this pathway. >> but something is going to be done. at this point, given the number of latinos that voted in this election, both sides of the aisle realize this is a voting bloc they need desperately. >> president obama promised this in '08 and didn't really touch it. he even admitted not tackling immigration reform was his bi
president obama pushed for immigration reform before an enthusiastic crowd in las vegas yesterday. his proposal is very similar to one being put forth by a group of bipartisan senators. >> action must follow. we can't allow immigration reform to get bogged down in an endless debate. >>> and obviously, this is -- there's certainly -- the chances are higher now that something is going to happen on this issue compared to years past. the biggest hurdle, though, is that folks who...
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his proposals on immigration reform which really track pretty closely what the gang of 8, so-called for democratic senators and four republican senators announced the day before. so where is all of this going? we have somebody here who has got as good insight as anybody. meredith shiner covers congress for roll call. you were talking about how tough a road it is for legislation okay gun violence. >> uh-huh. >> a little easier for immigration reform? >> maybe. >> maybe? >> i hate to be cynical on this but show me the last bill that a gang of senators has been able to write. like until this group of 8 finds legislative language, in my mind, all they really agree to is to hold a conference about how they would like to find. >> principles. >> there is some will on the republican party to do this. and i had a source tell me. i don't know if i buy this theory but we will see if it bears fruit but a lot of republicans would like to, to see marco rubio run in 2016 and they feel like getting behind him will help on that effort. whether or not that ends up being true, i don't know. >> if some
his proposals on immigration reform which really track pretty closely what the gang of 8, so-called for democratic senators and four republican senators announced the day before. so where is all of this going? we have somebody here who has got as good insight as anybody. meredith shiner covers congress for roll call. you were talking about how tough a road it is for legislation okay gun violence. >> uh-huh. >> a little easier for immigration reform? >> maybe. >> maybe?...